Offers free curated content that includes thousands of standards-aligned questions crafted by other teachers.

Provides insights into student proficiency at an aggregate and
individual level, enabling teachers to identify areas where a student
needs personalized instruction, intervention or remediation.

Facilitates the adoption of benchmarked standardized assessments
through a collaborative evaluation process that can be applied across
districts and within broader learning communities.

Edulastic allows teachers to use day-to-day assessment insights to
shape learning outcomes. By giving teachers a new level of pedagogical
ownership, Edulastic uses homework and in-class assignments as the basis
for continuous and comprehensive evaluations.

“We’ve placed an emphasis on making it easy for teachers to create,
share and adopt proven assessment strategies,” said Madhu Narasa, CEO of
Edulastic. “We want to accelerate student learning—and help relieve
stress associated with assessments and the Common Core implementation
process—while delivering timely and useful information for students,
educators, parents, and policymakers.”

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Best for: Students and teachers

Price: Free

Requirements: iOS 5.1 or later; Android 2.2 and up

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observe the navigational pattern of sharks that have been tagged with
satellite tracking technology all for the purpose of shark conservation.
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Hello, my name is Helge Scherlund and I am the Education Editor and Online Educator of this personal weblog and the founder of eLearning • Computer-Mediated Communication Center.
I have an education in the teaching adults and adult learning from Roskilde University, with Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) and Human Resource Development (HRD) as specially studied subjects. I am the author of several articles and publications about the use of decision support tools, e-learning and computer-mediated communication. I am a member of The Danish Mathematical Society (DMF), The Danish Society for Theoretical Statistics (DSTS) and an individual member of the European Mathematical Society (EMS). Note: Comments published here are purely my own and do not reflect those of my current or future employers or other organizations.